Music at the range?

This is a discussion on Music at the range? within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I was at the range today, and I had Disturbed playing in my headphones under my ear protection. Point is; it was awesome and very ...

Music at the range?

I was at the range today, and I had Disturbed playing in my headphones under my ear protection. Point is; it was awesome and very motivating. This question might be outlandish or farfetched, but could this kind of act as a handicap or diminish my abilities if I were to ever be in an active shooting?

Music motivates me while I run to the point that I cant run without it; I think it might have the same effect with me practicing my shooting. Again, I apologize for the random thought, but what better place to get insight than the DC forum? Any ideas if this would help or hurt?

I personally train to the music from the dance scene from "Boogie Nights". See below. In a perfect world I'll be wearing that outfit (My training getup isn't orange but the one I wear every day is unless it's at the cleaners and then I wear a plaid one that is a little bit dated) and you'd be amazed at the number of guns I can carry in ankle holsters with those bell bottoms.

From a practical point of view, listening to music to tune out the world may be considered bad form. With ear protection on you can still hear verbal commands shouted down the firing line or over the horn/speaker alert system like they have at my indoor range, but with music playing, you could easily miss them and cause an issue during a cease-fire.

Thats a really good point bigfish...The drive music gives me to have a disciplined practice is not worth missing one of those range commands. Ill stick to music while running, not shooting. I never even thought of that thanks man